Title: Believe The Invisible / Topic: Faith

Today’s Reading: Hebrews 9; Hebrews 10; Hebrews 11

Scripture: Hebrews 11:1-3, 6
1 Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. 2 This is what the ancients were commended for.
3 By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible...
6 And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Observation: By faith -- this is how the believer lives. "Being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Unsaved people will often mock this. "How can you be sure of what you can't see?", they ask. Of course the answer makes no sense to them: "By faith." They call it blind faith. But it is not blind. It is belief with a vision. A vision of hope and trust in a God that we choose to believe in. And when I believe in God, He rewards that belief with a greater awareness of His reality. As I earnestly seek Him, He sees that and reaches back to me with more blessings. I also like the statement in verse 3 "what is seen was not made out of what was visible." This scripture was written long before science discovered the basic building blocks of matter: molecules, atoms, protons, neutrons, electrons and the like. These invisible particles that make up every physical substance are what this verse is referencing. "...what is seen was not made out of what is visible..." or, to reword it, "what is seen was made out of what is invisible." Interesting.

Application: Faith is necessary to please God. (The world claims to shun faith, but that is not true. The unbelieving world has great faith to believe in all sorts of unproven and unprovable things. The most outstanding example of this is Darwinian evolution, that is the belief that all living organisms evolved by chance over time from one original single cell organism. That takes great faith to believe.)

Bottom line: Keep on believing. Keep the faith. God's reward will come.

Prayer: Thank you, Lord, that You reward faith. Thank You for the gift of faith and the measure of faith that You give to every person. Help me to grow in faith and in boldness to believe and act in a manner consistent with faith. Help more people to believe. Help me to lead others to believe in You.
This I pray in Jesus’ name, Amen.